The Spoken Language research group at the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language aims to sponsor a candidate for a Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Fellowship (a competitive call for a fellowship awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities).
Our group studies how humans process the fundamental units of spoken language, focusing on speech sounds and words. For example, we investigate how words are decoded, how new words are learned, and how components of words (segments like consonants and vowels) are processed by listeners. We use behavioral, eye-tracking, and electrophysiological (EEG) paradigms, while our group also has access to state-of-the-art neuroimaging equipment.
The selected candidate will develop a research project under the guidance of the group PIs and will be invited to apply for a Juan de la Cierva Fellowship (i.e., awarded by the Spanish Ministry). As a Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Fellow, the selected candidate may also be appointed to teach within the BCBL Master in cognitive neuroscience of language, subject to further evaluation and approval by the department. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.